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by Philip Wilson
Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:15 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 19th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 35)
Replies: 6
Views: 433

Re: Spoilers for Monday 19th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 35)

All invalid. Just when I thought I'd found a reliable source to check my words (an OUP link posted here recently) I now find out it's UNreliable! Soundable is valid on it! I give up. Curious to know which link. Don’t think I saw it, but the link used on Countdown and Apterous is premium.oxforddicti...
by Philip Wilson
Fri Mar 15, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 19th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 35)
Replies: 6
Views: 433

Re: Spoilers for Monday 19th February 2024 (Series 89, Heat 35)

Philip A wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:30 am
Howie Myers wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:18 am r4 OUTCRIED?
r11 SOUNDABLE?
r12 UNQUESTED?
asking for a friend,,,,,
All invalid.
Just when I thought I'd found a reliable source to check my words (an OUP link posted here recently) I now find out it's UNreliable! Soundable is valid on it! I give up.
by Philip Wilson
Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:45 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for 3rd January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 2)
Replies: 3
Views: 808

Re: Spoilers for 3rd January 2024 (Series 89, Heat 2)

Philip A wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:49 pm
2 large is annoying sometimes. (75+7-3)*10+9=799 for the easier way, which Rachel got at the very end.
Always! Or Rachel may have seen (100-7*3) for the 79!
by Philip Wilson
Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:54 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 18th December 2023 (Series 88, Quarter Final 3)
Replies: 5
Views: 1758

Re: Spoilers for Monday 18th December 2023 (Series 88, Quarter Final 3)

Not sure where everyone went today on Apterous Many of us couldn't connect yesterday. All OK for me today! No wonder, maybe I was on the other side of the planet, that's why I could connect :D Glad that all of us didn't have issues today! Just watched this episode. Totally agree Ryan, so funny that...
by Philip Wilson
Thu Oct 05, 2023 5:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 7th September 2023 (Series 88, Heat 50)
Replies: 4
Views: 867

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 7th September 2023 (Series 88, Heat 50)

Lardiness then??

Also 4*2*100-75-1=724 for first numbers. The champ solved one really similar to that yesterday too.
by Philip Wilson
Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:38 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 15th August 2023 (Series 88, Heat 33)
Replies: 27
Views: 3265

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 15th August 2023 (Series 88, Heat 33)

I'm surprised nobody got 515 by what seems to me the most intuitive method. I saw it within the time. ((9 + 1) × (8 + 2) + 3) × 5 Me too! I was surprised Colin couldn't see 103 and Rachel doing it a different way. For the second numbers it was good of Rachel to say later she'd done it but then not ...
by Philip Wilson
Wed Aug 16, 2023 8:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 24th July 2023 (Series 88, Heat 17)
Replies: 1
Views: 739

Re: Spoilers for Monday 24th July 2023 (Series 88, Heat 17)

Bleakish in the Bailers round. Depends on the dictionary!
Alt last numbers (7*6+9-1)*5+3=253
by Philip Wilson
Wed Jul 19, 2023 11:04 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 23rd June 2023 - (Series 87, QF 3)
Replies: 7
Views: 1491

Re: Spoilers for Friday 23rd June 2023 - (Series 87, QF 3)

samir pilica wrote: Fri Jun 23, 2023 1:49 pm R12 FEMOCRAT
I had 'formicate' in that round, but it looks like it's in 'certain dictionaries only'. (something to do with ants).
by Philip Wilson
Sat Jul 15, 2023 10:14 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 16th June 2023 (Series 87, Heat 105)
Replies: 10
Views: 1410

Re: Spoilers for Friday 16th June 2023 (Series 87, Heat 105)

As Colin knew the seeds at the end of today's programme, it would be good to have a graphic with the 8 finalists' names and maybe a thumbnail pic, as would happen on sports programmes. I've said this in the past. Would be nice if this was done as soon as there is a top 8, then brought up each time ...
by Philip Wilson
Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:14 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 16th June 2023 (Series 87, Heat 105)
Replies: 10
Views: 1410

Re: Spoilers for Friday 16th June 2023 (Series 87, Heat 105)

As Colin knew the seeds at the end of today's programme, it would be good to have a graphic with the 8 finalists' names and maybe a thumbnail pic, as would happen on sports programmes.

(Adagio in R13 too)
by Philip Wilson
Fri May 12, 2023 2:06 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 14th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 60)
Replies: 7
Views: 1167

Re: Spoilers for Friday 14th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 60)

Does anyone know why this episode isn't on catch up? Should be there until Sunday lunchtime I think? I have checked and this episode is definitely available on my Channel 4 app on my iPad. All4 has recently rebranded as simply Channel 4 (or ‘the green 4’) so maybe that’s preventing a few eps from a...
by Philip Wilson
Fri May 12, 2023 10:52 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 14th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 60)
Replies: 7
Views: 1167

Re: Spoilers for Friday 14th April 2023 (Series 87, Heat 60)

Does anyone know why this episode isn't on catch up? Should be there until Sunday lunchtime I think?
by Philip Wilson
Mon Mar 27, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Tuesday 7th March
Replies: 1
Views: 1136

Re: Tuesday 7th March

Howie Myers wrote: Wed Mar 08, 2023 7:11 am r6 alt: 7*(100+2)=(3*25)=789
r14 alt: 9*(75+3)-(8-7)=701
Did both of those like that, and r9 (out of time) :
75*9-(100+1)*50/25=473
by Philip Wilson
Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:40 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 20th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 21)
Replies: 7
Views: 1202

Re: Spoilers for Monday 20th February 2023 (Series 87, Heat 21)

So bored with all the 2L picks recently, I was delighted to solve R6 as 9 x 7 x 3 + 3 = 192. Didn't need either of them, 😂 manic laughter!
Slightly ironic that the outgoing champion got the 3L spot on!
by Philip Wilson
Thu Dec 29, 2022 12:22 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
Replies: 26
Views: 2760

Re: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)

The word is diffusion rather than defusion, even though defuse is also a word. http://tcsquared.azurewebsites.net/cohost This doesn't appear to be helpful recently as everything is coming up 'invalid' - including 'invalid!' I'm usually a bit apprehensive about returning older threads to the top of ...
by Philip Wilson
Wed Dec 28, 2022 6:40 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)
Replies: 26
Views: 2760

Re: Spoilers for Monday 28 November 2022 (Series 86, Heat 116)

r1: DEFUSION r14 alt: (6+2)*8*10+(7*5)=675 The word is diffusion rather than defusion, even though defuse is also a word. http://tcsquared.azurewebsites.net/cohost This doesn't appear to be helpful recently as everything is coming up 'invalid' - including 'invalid!' I'm usually a bit apprehensive a...
by Philip Wilson
Wed Nov 16, 2022 4:41 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 18 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 87)
Replies: 5
Views: 829

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 18 October 2022 (Series 86, Heat 87)

(2 x 100) + (8 x 4) + 50 looked a more straightforward way to 282 for the last numbers.

Not sure the guest saying 'yes' after a few seconds, as Colin said happened in the 'Guardian' round, would have helped or hindered.
by Philip Wilson
Sun Oct 02, 2022 10:23 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)
Replies: 8
Views: 804

Re: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)

Also when the contestants both had 7 (might have been this game) he was like "Yeah, loads of sevens. If you didn't get a seven you must be well shit." So if one of them had just got their single 7 right at the end, they might feel a bit bad about that. Same really as when Rachel says 'Lot...
by Philip Wilson
Sun Oct 02, 2022 8:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)
Replies: 8
Views: 804

Re: Spoilers for Monday 5 September 2022 (Series 86, Heat 56)

Also when the contestants both had 7 (might have been this game) he was like "Yeah, loads of sevens. If you didn't get a seven you must be well shit." So if one of them had just got their single 7 right at the end, they might feel a bit bad about that. Same really as when Rachel says 'Lot...
by Philip Wilson
Wed Jul 27, 2022 3:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 15 June 2022 (Series 85, 1st Semi-Final)
Replies: 8
Views: 806

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 15 June 2022 (Series 85, 1st Semi-final)

Finally solved round 9, looked on wiki and its different, so: (((100 + 2) x 4 x 50) + 75) ÷ 25 = 819. I hope!
Just took 2 weeks though!
by Philip Wilson
Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:38 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 1st June 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 108)
Replies: 7
Views: 936

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 1 June 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 108)

Philip A wrote: Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:09 pm And nor is parker x, as it only appears in Nosy Parker.
At least HALLOS would have been allowed, in the shallot round :-)
by Philip Wilson
Wed Jun 29, 2022 9:36 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)
Replies: 13
Views: 1318

Re: Spoilers for Monday 16 May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)

I'll say my cheerios then, you know like when Jack told Rose not to say her goodbyes when they were in the Atlantic. What's the difference? GOODBYE is both an exclamation and a noun; CHEERIO is an exclamation only, and not a noun at all. goodbye Pronunciation: /ɡʊdˈbʌɪ/ ( US also goodby) EXCLAMATIO...
by Philip Wilson
Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:48 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 1st June 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 108)
Replies: 7
Views: 936

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 1 June 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 108)

Howie Myers wrote: Tue Jun 07, 2022 8:34 am surprised that REPARKED doesn't exist ((in round 1)
and also surprised that TIMPANI is a plural noun, so no TIMPANIS
Totally! Obviously reparking isn't done enough, whereas having a turnspit in your house is just common!
by Philip Wilson
Mon Jun 13, 2022 9:35 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)
Replies: 13
Views: 1318

Re: Spoilers for Monday 16 May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)

Yes. She didn’t check the dictionary. She didn’t check the validity of wilcos x in an earlier episode this series either. Misleading for viewers. I'll say my cheerios then, you know like when Jack told Rose not to say her goodbyes when they were in the Atlantic. What's the difference? The differenc...
by Philip Wilson
Mon Jun 13, 2022 8:17 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 16th May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)
Replies: 13
Views: 1318

Re: Spoilers for Monday 16 May 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 96)

Susie on the cheerios again . Yes. She didn’t check the dictionary. She didn’t check the validity of wilcos x in an earlier episode this series either. Misleading for viewers. I'll say my cheerios then, you know like when Jack told Rose not to say her goodbyes when they were in the Atlantic. What's...
by Philip Wilson
Wed May 25, 2022 2:41 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 26th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
Replies: 18
Views: 1626

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 26 April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)

Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed May 25, 2022 6:52 am It's fine. The order doesn't matter.
Noted, and thanks :-)
by Philip Wilson
Wed May 25, 2022 2:37 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 26th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
Replies: 18
Views: 1626

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 26 April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)

Yeah, that's because I'm a month behind. Have often wondered about putting the posts out of order by commenting late but can't see anything to say it's not allowed. Don't worry I shan't do it again. Don't worry it was genuinely interesting that the subtitler thought it was "Prophetic" too...
by Philip Wilson
Tue May 24, 2022 11:30 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 26th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
Replies: 18
Views: 1626

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 26 April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)

Subtitles have PROTHETIC. Interesting. That was worth waiting a month for. I hope Sue Gray delivers equally decisive news. Yeah, that's because I'm a month behind. Have often wondered about putting the posts out of order by commenting late but can't see anything to say it's not allowed. Don't worry...
by Philip Wilson
Mon May 23, 2022 8:27 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 26th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)
Replies: 18
Views: 1626

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 26 April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 82)

sounded like pathetic? OK. I thought he said PROPHETIC, so I was a bit surprised by how things panned out. I've just re-watched it a couple of times and what he says sounds like a cross between PATHETIC and PROPHETIC, and I've flip-flopped on this but my current feeling is it sounds more like PROPH...
by Philip Wilson
Tue May 17, 2022 9:48 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 19th April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 77)
Replies: 3
Views: 745

Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 19 April 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 77)

Just because I wanted to go high:
(100+7) x 9 + 50 - 6 x 5 = 983
and
(8+6) x 75 - 100 = 950
by Philip Wilson
Wed May 04, 2022 10:43 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
Replies: 14
Views: 1606

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30 March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)

While Countdown does not have a rigorous rule set, they try their best to accept inflections of words that are sensible. The “restaurant rule” is based around requesting a portion or unit of something. Some foods which are mass nouns can take a plural on Countdown but not all of them. If a food is ...
by Philip Wilson
Tue May 03, 2022 4:52 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
Replies: 14
Views: 1606

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30 March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)

Yeah, it's not a "foul" it's a mistake. Being able to take advantage of your opponent's mistakes is an important part of pretty much any competitive endeavour and Countdown is no different in this respect. You're not entitled to automatically benefit every time your opponent makes a mista...
by Philip Wilson
Tue May 03, 2022 2:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
Replies: 14
Views: 1606

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30 March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)

Not sure about this but in round 1 I had 'celeries' as a risky 8 - restaurant rule - and a safe 6. Player 1 declares a 7 so I risk my 8. Player 1 has misdeclared. If I'd known I would have stuck with my 6. If celeries is disallowed, would the round be replayed, as I lose due to a foul by my opponen...
by Philip Wilson
Tue May 03, 2022 12:41 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
Replies: 14
Views: 1606

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30 March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)

Not sure about this but in round 1 I had 'celeries' as a risky 8 - restaurant rule - and a safe 6. Player 1 declares a 7 so I risk my 8. Player 1 has misdeclared. If I'd known I would have stuck with my 6. If celeries is disallowed, would the round be replayed, as I lose due to a foul by my opponen...
by Philip Wilson
Tue May 03, 2022 11:33 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 30th March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)
Replies: 14
Views: 1606

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 30 March 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 63)

Not sure about this but in round 1 I had 'celeries' as a risky 8 - restaurant rule - and a safe 6. Player 1 declares a 7 so I risk my 8. Player 1 has misdeclared. If I'd known I would have stuck with my 6. If celeries is disallowed, would the round be replayed, as I lose due to a foul by my opponent...
by Philip Wilson
Sat Feb 19, 2022 5:30 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 20th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 14)
Replies: 9
Views: 1122

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 20 January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 14)

Not quite "administrative error" worthy IMO but I don't think Anne needs to ask for the not-written-down word first if the lengths are different. I agree. Thought that wasn't a bad move. A player could 'think' they've seen a longer word and if their opponent has declared a shorter word fi...
by Philip Wilson
Thu Feb 17, 2022 11:15 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 19th January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 13)
Replies: 11
Views: 1094

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 19 January 2022 (Series 85, Prelim 13)

If you've watched Countdown as long as we have you know your 75 times table, but that would be mental arithmetic to most people. I've sometimes had that momentary sensation that when a contestant offers, say, 75*9, Anne-Marie is actually working it out. Strangely I still have trouble with 75*5! Whi...
by Philip Wilson
Wed Dec 22, 2021 11:31 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 25th November 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 108)
Replies: 12
Views: 1402

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 25th November 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 108)

Scareder in R4 - if scared is one syllable as it's not specified? Not valid. There is a dubious exemption to the mono-syllable adjective rule to entries ending in -ED, like PAINED, BORED, HORNED, DAMNED among others. I think for an adjective with one syllable ending with -ED, the -EDER and -EDEST e...
by Philip Wilson
Wed Dec 22, 2021 9:28 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 25th November 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 108)
Replies: 12
Views: 1402

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 25th November 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 108)

Scareder in R4 - if scared is one syllable as it's not specified?
by Philip Wilson
Sun Oct 24, 2021 10:05 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 27th September 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 65)
Replies: 9
Views: 1258

Re: Spoilers for Monday 27th September 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 65)

... Anne Robinson (who repeated her own birthday on the guess-the-day-of-the-week-and-who-was-born-on-this-day game) revealed that she'd forgotten it was her birthday coming up last weekend She also said at the end that she 'will be' 77! Can anyone confirm that 'leashed' would be ok in R11(?) Not a...
by Philip Wilson
Sun Oct 24, 2021 9:50 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 27th September 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 65)
Replies: 9
Views: 1258

Re: Spoilers for Monday 27th September 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 65)

... Anne Robinson (who repeated her own birthday on the guess-the-day-of-the-week-and-who-was-born-on-this-day game) revealed that she'd forgotten it was her birthday coming up last weekend She also said at the end that she 'will be' 77! Can anyone confirm that 'leashed' would be ok in R11(?) Not a...
by Philip Wilson
Sun Sep 19, 2021 9:21 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 25th August 2021
Replies: 7
Views: 1494

Re: Spoilers for 25th August 2021

Yeastier in R1 (a bit late)!
by Philip Wilson
Mon Aug 30, 2021 10:25 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 2nd August 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 25)
Replies: 3
Views: 961

Re: Spoilers for Monday 2nd August 2021 (Series 84, Prelim 25)

Just have to say well done to Patrick for bringing a teapot back to Falmouth :-)
by Philip Wilson
Thu Aug 19, 2021 4:26 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 21st July 2021
Replies: 4
Views: 1470

Re: Spoilers for 21st July 2021

Just caught up to this episode, excellent standard by both. I didn't like how Anne kept badgering the challenger to sing though, he clearly didn't want to and she kept throwing insults his way. You're supposed to put the contestant at ease, particularly the challenger who is making their first appe...
by Philip Wilson
Wed Jul 14, 2021 9:11 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th May 2021 (Series 83, Prelim 103)
Replies: 6
Views: 1879

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th May 2021 (Series 83, Prelim 103)

Another way to 83 was ((7 + 5 - 3) * 10) - 7. Can anyone help with the dictionary here... I risked 'audios' and 'genomes'. Both happen to be mass nouns, but genomes is spelt out in an example sentence in the definition, so it has to be a word! It can't be right, though, that the validity of a word ...
by Philip Wilson
Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:13 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th May 2021 (Series 83, Prelim 103)
Replies: 6
Views: 1879

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th May 2021 (Series 83, Prelim 103)

Another way to 83 was ((7 + 5 - 3) * 10) - 7. Can anyone help with the dictionary here... I risked 'audios' and 'genomes'. Both happen to be mass nouns, but genomes is spelt out in an example sentence in the definition, so it has to be a word! It can't be right, though, that the validity of a word ...
by Philip Wilson
Wed Jun 23, 2021 8:26 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th May 2021 (Series 83, Prelim 103)
Replies: 6
Views: 1879

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 26th May 2021 (Series 83, Prelim 103)

Another way to 83 was ((7 + 5 - 3) * 10) - 7. Can anyone help with the dictionary here... I risked 'audios' and 'genomes'. Both happen to be mass nouns, but genomes is spelt out in an example sentence in the definition, so it has to be a word! It can't be right, though, that the validity of a word i...
by Philip Wilson
Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:57 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Friday 7th May 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 90)
Replies: 2
Views: 1807

Re: Spoilers for Friday 7th May 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 90)

Another alt last numbers: 50 x 5 + 9 + 9 + 6 = 274

Well done James :-)
by Philip Wilson
Thu Jun 03, 2021 8:49 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 6th May 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 89)
Replies: 8
Views: 2430

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 6th May 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 89)

Alt r6: (50 x 5) + (75 x 10) - 7 - 2 = 991, but out of time
by Philip Wilson
Thu May 27, 2021 10:37 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 29th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 84)
Replies: 3
Views: 1206

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 29th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 84)

Alt 368: (10 + 2) * 5 * 6 + 8
Tomas didn't seem too well today! Still won though...
by Philip Wilson
Thu May 27, 2021 10:31 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday 28th April 2021
Replies: 2
Views: 1671

Re: Spoilers For Wednesday 28th April 2021

Alt 836: ((100 + 10) * 2 * 4) - 50 + 6
by Philip Wilson
Thu May 27, 2021 10:28 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers For Wednesday 28th April 2021
Replies: 2
Views: 1671

Re: Spoilers For Wednesday 28th April 2021

Alt 531: (2 * 8 + 5) * 25 + 6
by Philip Wilson
Tue May 11, 2021 10:03 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Monday 12th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 71)
Replies: 5
Views: 2427

Re: Spoilers for Monday 12th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 71)

Toby McDonald wrote: Mon Apr 12, 2021 3:35 pm Way after the time, but finally got R6:

((((100-1)*8)-6)/6)+50 = 181
Did it eventually also:
((8+1)*50)/6+100+6=181

And a friend's been working on it too and came up with:
((100+50)/6*(8-1)+6
by Philip Wilson
Thu May 06, 2021 10:51 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 1st April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 64)
Replies: 3
Views: 1574

Re: Spoilers for Thursday 1st April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 64)

Tough conundrum considering it wasn't crucial I thought - TALKIEGIN
by Philip Wilson
Wed May 05, 2021 7:52 am
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Easter Monday 5th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)
Replies: 14
Views: 3767

Re: Spoilers for Easter Monday 5 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 66)

Toby McDonald wrote: Tue Apr 06, 2021 9:03 pm R9 Alt.: (75*8)-(50+6-5)/3 = 583
And even: ((75*8)-50)+((6+5)*3) = 583!
by Philip Wilson
Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:51 pm
Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 24th March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 58)
Replies: 12
Views: 3339

Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 24 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 58)

AKETONS (and AKETON) is valid on Apterous. No sign on Lexico, so maybe an old word needing to be taken out? But there is a lesson in there. Always go for the least obscure available option. Edit - There's already an Apterous ticket to remove it. Google suggests it's a proper word, so maybe seemed s...
by Philip Wilson
Tue Mar 09, 2021 3:22 pm
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: How do I know if my word is valid?
Replies: 57
Views: 59434

Re: How do I know if my word is valid?

Just want to check something I probably should know but am not sure. Example, the dictionary defaults to 'agonized' and states 'British = agonised', when typing in 'agonised'. Therefore does this mean 'agonized' is valid as well, as it is implying it is not British, but it is different to how it tr...
by Philip Wilson
Tue Mar 09, 2021 11:05 am
Forum: Countdown - General
Topic: How do I know if my word is valid?
Replies: 57
Views: 59434

Re: How do I know if my word is valid?

Just want to check something I probably should know but am not sure. Example, the dictionary defaults to 'agonized' and states 'British = agonised', when typing in 'agonised'. Therefore does this mean 'agonized' is valid as well, as it is implying it is not British, but it is different to how it tre...